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UMBRBLLA.

Patented Jan. '7, 1890.

v' Inventor A( n /Lez' UNITED' STATES CHARLES H. KNUBEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming pm ef Letters Patent 110,418,845, dated Jennery v, 1890. Appneenen nea April s, 1889. sean No. 306,134. (ne modem To @ZZ wir/0772, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES I-LKNUBEL,

of the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Im pro vements in Umbrellas, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying draw-` ings.

The present invention relates to an improved umbrella-runner-that is, to the tubular slide to which, the inner .ends of the ribbraces are pivoted and which slides up and down on the umbrella-stick as the umbrella, is opened or closed.

The invention relates particularly to that kind of a runner that consists of an' outer sleeve having an innei` tube, which is circularly movable in the sleeve and is held to normal posi tion by a spring arranged between them, the sleeve being pivoted to the braces of the canopy and the tube bearing a catch adapted to engage a projection orlike device on the stick.

The object of the invention is to construct such a runner so that it will serve to hold the .umbrella closed, and with the ribs close against the stick, as well as to hold its canopy expanded, and also so that the runner shall be automatic in its action-that is, willengage with'projections on the stick by the act of opening or closing the umbrella and without necessitating special manipulation of the runner.

The improvements will now be described in detail, and those regarded as new will be specially set forth in the claims to follow 'the description.

Referring to the drawings, Figure-.1 repre- Y sent-s an umbrella-stick with a runner emport and carry the canopy.

D is the runner, which consists of a cylindrical sleeve having a recessed hub E, to

which the braces ofthe ribs are pivoted.

F is a tube of substantially the same internal size as the stick A, and is arranged within the runner and loosely held so as to be circularly movable therein by the head G and the knu rled ring-knob H. is removably attached to the tube by a screw or pin I. The rear end of the sleeve is eX- panded, so as to form a recess or annular space between the sleeve and its inner tube. In this annular space is arranged the spiral spring J, which is wrapped around the tube andhas one of its ends secured'to the outer sleeve, while its Vother end is secured to the inner tube. By this arrangement of the spring the tube is normally held in one posi tion relative to the sleeve, yet is capable of being slightly turned i-n the sleeve by applying the thumb and finger to the knob H, which projects slightly beyond the outer surface of the sleeve for this purpose.

K is a hook formed in the cylindrical wall of the upper end ofthe inner tube. The point of this hook is beveled, as shown. L is a pin or similar projection secured to the stick of the umbrella and arranged in the path of thev This knob, preferably,

hook K, so that as the runner is pushed upwardly as the ribs are being raised and the canopy spread the beveled edge of the hook will strike the pin and be pushed circularly to one side until it snaps over the pin by the action ofthe spiral spring. the runner in its upper position and hold the canopy expanded. To lower the canopy the knurled knob will be seized between the thumb and linger and turned to the left, which releases the hook from the retainingpin and permits the runner to be slid down the stick. At the lower end of the runner is .a hook M, similar in every way to the hook K, and on the umbrella-stick is a second projection-pin N, over which this hook catches as the runner is brought to its lowermost position on the stick. This is for the purpose of holding the runner at its lowermost position when the umbrella is not in use, and thereby keeping the ribs and canopy folded against the stick and preventing them being accidentally opened.

It is to be noted that the catch of the hook K is above the upper end of the outer sleeve. This I regard as important, for usually the hub E and the inner ends of the braces are This will lock IOO protected or covered by a fabric-leather or other like material-which would be caught by the hook or pin L if sueh hook or pin were not arranged above the saine. Furthermore, the swelling of the stick will cause tlle'pins L and N to project more or less, and if they were arranged to pass under or through any of the parts of the sleeve or tube such displacement of them would often prevent the runner engaging them.

What is claimed as new ism l. lin an umbrella-runner, the combination of the outer sleeve D, the inner tube F, havF ing the hooks K and M, projecting beyond the ends of the sleeve, and the spiral spring J, all arranged substantially as described,

whereby the end hooks act automatically to engage projections on the stick as the canopy is raised or lowered,

2. The combination, with an umbrella-stiel; having pins L and N and the ribs and braces of the canopy, 0f a runner composed ot' a sleeve D, inner tube F, having hooks K and M, projecting beyond the ends of the sleeve, andthe spring J, arranged substantially as set forth, whereby the said hooks act automatically to engage the pins of the stick.

(1I-IAS. H. KNUBEL. Witnesses:

ROBT. F. GAYLORD, 'FRANK HARTLEY. 

